The mission will be in place for at least 12 months to supervise and check the laying down of arms, and be part of a tripartite body to “monitor and verify the definitive bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities” between Bogota and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebels, the resolution said.

Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian President, said: “The Security Council’s decision means we are no longer going alone, but hand in hand with the UN, the entire world, towards the end of this war.”

Alvaro Uribe strings on Twitter (my translation),

“1. Having the U.N. supervise is not the issue, the risk is, from which countries!”